![]() ![]() Steam for the engines was provided by twelve coal-fired cylindrical fire-tube boilers, which were ducted into a pair of widely spaced funnels.Īmmiraglio di Saint Bon s were rated at 14,296 indicated horsepower (10,661 kW), while Emanuele Filiberto s engines only reached 13,552 ihp (10,106 kW). They had a beam of 21.12 m (69.3 ft) and a maximum draft of 7.69 m (25.2 ft).Īmmiraglio di Saint Bon displaced 10,082 long tons (10,244 t) at standard loading and 10,531 long tons (10,700 t) at full load, while Emanuele Filiberto displaced 9,645 long tons (9,800 t) and 9,940 long tons (10,100 t), respectively.Īmmiraglio di Saint Bon had a crew of 557 officers and enlisted men, while Emanuele Filiberto had a slightly larger complement of 565. The mistake of building a battleship of only 10,000 tons was not repeated in the subsequent, and much more successful, Regina Margherita class. Since the planners had not determined what type of battleship would best suit their strategic needs, the government stepped in and mandated a 10,000- long-ton (10,160 t ) design, a limit significantly lower than the earlier classes.įollowing the death of di Saint Bon, Brin took over the design process and proposed a small battleship armed with 10 in (254 mm) guns, a weaker main battery than those of contemporary foreign designs. The ships were discarded shortly after the end of the war, both having been stricken in 1920. ![]() ![]() They were reduced to harbor defense ships by the outbreak of World War I, and they spent the war in Venice. ![]()
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